Eurodam Review
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After reading plenty of reviews before our first cruise, I am amazed that anyone would have one thing negative to say about HAL or the Eurodam. She is a fine vessel and we could not find one thing bad or negative to say. I am ready to set sail again, and would sail any time on the Eurodam!
The crew always had smiles and greeted us every time. Even if they had a broom and dust pan in hand, we were always greeted. Not one sour puss in the bunch.
Our journey started in Southern Oregon with a 4 hour drive to the Portland airport. We decided to stay at Red Lion at the airport and used Park and Fly for when we came home the following Saturday. This has always been a good hotel for the money and very close to PDX. Our flight was at 11pm on Delta, with transfers in Detroit and Memphis. We arrived at FLL the next afternoon around 1 pm. WOW were we tired but excited!
Cabin Review
Deluxe Ocean-View Verandah Stateroom
5003
Our cabin was on deck 5 Verandah, forward. I was worried about the rocking and rolling being literally the front of the ship. Surprisingly, it was a gentle rock and roll that I wish my bed at home would do. Our room was a Quad stateroom. Two twin beds, sofa sleeper and a drop down out of the ceiling bed. We did not use that bed! Once its lowered it is directly over the heads of the people in the twin beds and not a lot of head room. Anyone using the bathroom during the night would most likely bump their heads trying to get out of bed. The little sofa was just enough room for me and my husband to snuggle. So if you like your snuggle buddy than 2 will fit just fine on this little bed.
The first 2 nights the verandah door whistled. By accident we solved that...the curtain got locked in the door and we never heard any noise again.
This room was tiny for 4 adults. But we still enjoyed every minute! Don't stay here if you don't like your traveling buddies very well.
There were 3 closets, plenty of hangers for us and 2 huge drawers under the bed. They were used to store the extra bedding. I just crammed it all in the cupboards above the sofa and used the big drawers for our clothes. Also behind these were open spaces for all of our suitcases to hide under the beds.
We had a wheelchair and left it at the foot of the beds folded up. It was easy to roll out of the way when we needed to access the drawers.
The verandah had 3 wicker chairs and 2 tables. I sat on the round little table and used the larger wicker one to hold our room service tray. Plenty of room for 4 adults to sit out and enjoy while in port. It was windy while out at sea, but we still sat out there but not for long.
Being at the end of the hallway, we never heard voices or noise. Had to open the door to hear the speaker announcements. Only once did we hear the captain on the room speakers. Also we never smelled any smoke while sitting out on our verandah. Maybe we were all non smokers???
This room had a shower/tub bathroom. In the shower were shampoo, conditioner and shower gel dispensers. There was a hair dryer in the desk under the TV. We never used it so I can't comment on how well it dried hair.